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As for how this clock came out of the Qing court, Jin Muchen guessed that it should have originated from the owner who sold him this clock, the nobleman in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. network;

Jin Muchen waved the clock into the Ziyu space, took out the computer, and began to search the Internet for historical data from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

In fact, he also studied the history of this period earlier, because the history of this period is a compulsory course for almost every antique businessman. folk.

So only by reading this history intensively, you can find the source of many cultural relics and antiques, and infer the experience behind it.

He vaguely had a vague impression of the noble person in the mouth of the boss, but he was not sure because it had been a long time.

After finding information about that person on the Internet, he couldn't help but slap his thigh, and it was finally right.

Prince Gong Pu Wei!

The grandson of Lao Gong Prince Yi, the cousin of the last emperor Pu Yi, was born in the capital in 1880 in the sixth year of Guangxu.

Looking at the historical resume of this grandson, this grandson is actually still a **** of the Qing Dynasty. Later, during the Republic of China, he was also a staunch restorationist. When the Qing emperor abdicated, he openly refused to sign the abdication edict, and even signed Puyi. After he abdicated, this grandson still openly shouted: "With me, Pu Wei, the Qing Dynasty will not perish!" arrogant words.

After Puyi abdicated, he first took refuge in Jietai Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, and at the end of the same year, he moved to Qingniao City.

During his stay in Jade Bird City, he did not stop, and successively contacted Liu Tingchen, Hu Siyuan, Yu Shimei, Chen Yizhong, Hu Sijing, Lao Naixuan, Wang Baotian, Wen Su, etc. Running, of course, the result is crushed by the wheel of history.

When World War I broke out in 1914, the Japanese took the opportunity to seize the city of Jade Bird from the Germans. This guy even colluded with the Japanese and planned to do something in southern Liaoning. It is a pity that Yuan Shikai died suddenly in 1916, and Japan had to adjust its foreign policy towards China, which made his dream of restoration come to nothing.

In 1922, before the government of the Republic of China took back the city of Jade Bird. He could only disband his family in a dreadful manner, and the blue bird, who left with only a few belongings, went to Bencheng.

With such a historical figure like a **** stick, then the origin of this clock can be clearly explained.

You must know that the fine bronze gilt and enamel painted clock made by Li Deheng was dedicated to the royal family. Ordinary people can't use it at all.

Moreover, each clock is carefully handcrafted by professional craftsmen. The annual output is only three or five models. Once made, they will be presented to the capital immediately.

Even if the princes and nobles want to get their hands on it, it is not so easy.

However, in the late Qing Dynasty, the dynastic system collapsed, especially after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Cixi and the then Prince Gong launched a coup. Hearing the curtain down.

In the early days without the **** support of Li Hongzhang, the Empress Dowager Cixi believed in the then Prince Gong Yi very much. In order to win over him, she never hesitated to reward him.

At that time, this original emperor's grandfather clock may have been given to Yi Yi by Cixi at that time, and finally brought to the blue bird by his grandson.

In the end, because the government of the Republic of China wanted to take back the city of Jade Bird, it could only be Bencheng, which was controlled by the fugitive Japanese. In the end, this clock was left here.

I didn't expect it to be more than a hundred years later. This grandfather clock will fall into his own hands.

Presumably the shop owner's grandfather also knew the origin of this clock, so he kept telling his family to pass on this clock as a family heirloom.

It's a pity that it was in the hands of his prodigal grandson. This boss, who was originally inexperienced, was halfway into the antiques industry and had only a limited understanding of it.

In addition, this guy is also a gambler who plays stocks, and he has the taboos of all stock market gamblers. That's why I was in a hurry to get rid of this bell, otherwise this bell would never fall into my hands at such a low price.

Looking at the shape of this clock, it should be a fine clock produced in Yangcheng in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and the appearance is well preserved. It is estimated according to the current market price.

Even if it is not as good as the Qianlong Imperial Palace clock that I won from Zangbaozhai, which has clear records, the price will not be much lower, at least the starting price should be more than 50 million. The transaction price is between 80 million and 100 million.

So this time, he can be regarded as picking up a big leak.

Thinking of this, Jin Muchen couldn't help but burst into ecstasy. The good things he received in the United States some time ago were not many, and he thought his luck had been exhausted. came back.

This trip to Jade Bird City really didn't come in vain. It seems that we should make persistent efforts in the past two days. Go and take a good look. Maybe you can find something good.

A big leak in the morning made Jin Muchen satisfied, and he was not dispatched in the afternoon.

Candace slept until the evening, and then woke up. When she woke up, Jin Muchen just had the hotel bring some dinner.

Pushing the dining cart into the room, seeing Candace sitting on the bed with an infinitely satisfying and lazy style, Jin Muchen couldn't help but feel a sudden jump in his heart.

If it is not estimated that Candace's body has not fully recovered, I am afraid that he will be transformed into a werewolf again at this time.

After dinner, the two of you went downstairs for a walk, blowing the sea breeze by the sea, then found a barbecue stall, and came to a seafood barbecue for supper, and then returned slowly and leisurely. to the hotel.

The next morning, Candace, who had regained 100% of his energy, accompanied Jin Muchen out of the hotel and set off to Changle Road Market again.

With the experience of picking treasures yesterday, Jin Muchen is no longer in a hurry today. Today, he mainly accompanies Candace to go shopping.

In order to avoid the harassment of those Tibetan friends and the auction house in the capital, Candace was not able to visit the famous Panjiayuan in the capital, but she did not think that this regret was actually made up for by the blue bird.

Although the market here is not as big as Panjiayuan, it has everything, and it also has strong local characteristics.

Especially those stalls set up in the open air gave Candace a feeling that he used to accompany Jin Muchen to several antique markets in New York to sweep the stalls.

It's just that the things sold here are quite special. Unlike the market in New York, all the things sold here are absolutely Chinese-style antiques.

Although she couldn't tell the truth by herself, with the expert Jin Muchen by her side, she wasn't worried about being deceived.

Jin Muchen helped Candace pick out many gadgets that girls like, such as some Nanhong bracelets, or Xiaoyetan bracelets. Women are born with no resistance to these accessories.

But compared to those wooden skewers, Candace was obviously more interested in all kinds of stone skewers. In the end, Jin Muchen helped her choose a bunch of beautiful beeswax bracelets, which finally made this man crazy. girl, stopped.

After walking for the whole morning, the two were a little tired from shopping, so they found a small restaurant with a clean decoration nearby for lunch, and then continued to stroll in the afternoon.

Soon Jin Muchen helped Candace buy a bunch of agarwood bracelets. Although this string was made of wood, Candace liked it better because the agarwood smells very good. Not much resistance.

After walking for a while, Jin Muchen's body was already covered with bags, which were all Candice's own trophies. These were the gifts she picked out and planned to bring back to the United States to give to relatives and friends.

Jin Muchen could only follow behind her silently, doing her role as a bag boy. One man and one woman are rare and handsome, and the women are beautiful, and they have become a beautiful landscape in the market.

After walking for a long time, Jin Muchen's self-proclaimed super physical strength felt exhausted, but Candace was still enjoying the stroll.

There are more than 400 stalls in the entire market, and she seems to want to take a look at each stall and buy something from each stall to go back.

Jin Muchen had the heart to die. Just when he felt that his physical strength was about to be exhausted, he suddenly saw a flash of white light at an antique stall in front of him selling porcelain.

Originally exhausted, he felt that he was immediately revived with blood on the spot. He ignored Candice who was bargaining with a certain stall owner, and Sayazi ran to which stall.

This is a stall specializing in selling porcelain. It can be seen that the stall owner is very careful about the layout of his stall. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com does not want other stalls to spread a layer of cloth on the ground, he is under his stall There is a layer of foam puzzles for children to play with, so that his booth will be much safer, and even if the porcelain falls, it will not be broken immediately.

Above the jigsaw is a simple shelf, divided into three layers, staggered back and forth like seats in a stadium, and a lot of porcelain is placed on each layer.

Jin Muchen glanced at it. The porcelains displayed in this booth are really fine porcelains, not too many. There are only a few pieces on the top. They should be cups, bowls and dishes from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, but they should all be folk kilns. It is a high-quality product, and the estimated value is tens of thousands of yuan.

The porcelain on the lower second shelf looks old, but it is obviously an old fake, while on the third shelf is some modern and newly fired handicraft porcelain.

What really attracted him was the flashing white china that was piled up in a pile of cups and dishes at the bottom of the shelf.

The boss is a middle-aged man in his forties, and he has the shrewdness that most of the antique market Qian Chuanzi should have. Seeing Jin Muchen stop, he immediately greeted him with a smile. (To be continued.)

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